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5 days in the Mercantour (part 2)

October 15, 2008

Here’s the end of the story of our trip in the Mercantour… (check here for the first part)

IN THE TINEE VALLEY

This second trek was a completely different story than the first one. We had a great and warm weather, close to summer conditions. In addition to this, we started on Sunday when everybody was going back down. So we had the mountains for ourselves for two days.

picnic above St Etienne de Tinéeon the way to the Rabuons lake 1on the way to the Rabuons lake 2on the way to the Rabuons lake 3on the way to the Rabuons lake 4on the way to the Rabuons lake 5on the way to the Rabuons lake 6looking towards the Rabuons lakeMontagnette lake viewed from the pas des Rabuons passItalia viewed from the pas des Rabuons passlooking at the Rabuons lake from Mount Tenibremouflons in the Mercantouron a ridge nearby the Rabuons lodge to look at the sunset 1on a ridge nearby the Rabuons lodge to look at the sunset 2mist on the Rabuons lakeevening light on the Rabuons lake 3sunrise on the MercantourMercantour mountains from the chemin de l'energie trailon the chemin de l'energie trail 1on the chemin de l'energie trail 2on the Babarottes ridgegoing down to the Babarottes lakeridge above the Vens lodgefourth of the Vens lakes seen from the Collet de TortisseItalia viewed from the col du Fer passFrance-Italia border at the Pas des BlanchesOn the way back to Saint Etienne de TinéeIn the larch tree forest

Lakes

Their was a lot of lakes on our way, making great landscapes. In fact I wanted to walk off the trail the second day from the Rabuons lake to the Vans lakes, passing by remote small valleys filled with lakes left by glaciers. But my friend was tired from his conference in Nice the week before so we decided to stay on the trail and at each breaks I was running up to have a look at those remote lakes. We were both stunned by the views when we arrived at the Vans lakes. Burning autumn colors of the surroundings mountains reflecting into pure Caribbean blue water lakes: it was just breathtaking!

Cimon lakeevening light on the Rabuons lakeevening light on the Rabuons lake 2Pétrus lakeone of the Varicles lakesone of the Varicles lakes 2Marie lake 1Marie lake 2Vens lakesVens lakes 2the first of the Vens lakessecond of the Vens lakes 1second of the Vens lakes 2fourth of the Vens lakes 1arriving at the Vens lodge near the fourth of the Vens lakessunrise on the fourth of the Vens lakes 1sunrise on the Vens lakes

Schedule

D1:Saint-Etienne de Tinée – lac de Rabuons – Mont Ténibre – lac de Rabuons
D2:chemin de l’énergie (lac des Varicles et lac Marie) – lac de Vans – col du Fer – Pas des Blanches – refuge de Vans
D3:Saint-Etienne de Tinée


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